Lindsay Robertson (photographer)

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Lindsay Robertson is a Scottish photographer, who is best known as the only British artist to have exhibited alongside Ansel Adams.[ citation needed ] Inspired by the conservationist John Muir, he has worked for 35 years [1] as a professional photographer, producing mainly monochrome images of large deserted US and UK landscapes that are influenced by Adams, and Scottish landscape photography pioneer John Muir. Robertson claims his photography is concerned with capturing "a moment in our time". [2]

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Footnotes and references

  1. Edinburgh Guide article on Lindsay Robertson and Ansel Adams. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
  2. "Lindsay Robertson Archived 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine ". lindsayrobertson.com. Retrieved on October 11, 2008.
  3. "Ansel Adams: Celebration of Genius Archived 2009-07-09 at the Wayback Machine ", City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 5 October 2008.


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